Bakkum is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Castricum Castricum () is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Castricum is a seaside town in the province of North Holland. It draws in a fair share of tourists who mainly come to visit the beach and nearby dune ...

and lies about 12 km southwest of

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

. It has three satellites: the village of , the hamlet and Bakkum aan Zee which is nowadays called . The village was first mentioned in the late-11th century as Bachem, and means "settlement on a height". Bakkum used to be a ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

''. In 1749, it was sold to

Nicolaas Geelvinck Nicolaas Geelvinck (3 June 1732, Amsterdam – 7 December 1787, The Hague), son of Nicolaes Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, was President of the Dutch West India Company from 1764 until 1787. In 1764, Nicolaas Geelvinck became ''schepen'' (alderman) ...

who was Lord of Castricum among others. In 1812, Bakkum became a part of the municipality of

. Some tourism developed in the early 20th century, but Bakkum never developed into a seaside resort town. After World War II, it started to form a single urban area with Castricum.

Gallery

File:Overzicht vanaf de weg - Castricum - 20413151 - RCE.jpg, House in Bakkum File:Hoofdgebouw, overzicht voorgevel - Bakkum - 20396807 - RCE.jpg, Psychiatric hospital Duin en Bosch File:Dr. Ramaerlaan 2-28, Castricum.JPG, House in Bakkum File:Kampeerders op een camping in Bakkum, Noord-Holland, Bestanddeelnr 925-7092.jpg, Camp site in Bakkum (1972)

References

Populated places in North Holland Castricum {{NorthHolland-geo-stub